Exodus 8:5

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Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'"

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Egypt was the land ruled by Pharaoh, where Israel lived, especially in Goshen in the eastern Nile delta. In this plague, Aaron’s staff brings frogs up from the Nile, Egypt’s life-giving river, showing the Lord’s authority over Egypt’s land and waters.

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Exodus 8:5 mentions Egypt, Goshen and Nile.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato